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Ketchikan Cares Crisis Line

Ketchikan Cares is available to anyone in the community of Ketchikan and surrounding areas, who may be experiencing mental health or behavioral health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, bullying, abuse, suicidal ideation, and school stress. Crisis clinicians with Behavioral Health Response provide callers with professional support 24/7 and Ketchikan specific interventions, resources, and referrals to local agencies as requested by the caller.

People can call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org for themselves or if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.

 988 serves as a universal entry point so that no matter where you live in the United States (907 area code answered in Fairbanks and other satellite Alaskan locations), you can reach a caring, trained counselor who can help.

 988 offers 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing mental health-related distress. That could be:

• Thoughts of suicide
• Mental health or substance use crisis
• Emotional Distress
• And other reasons to connect